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Thanks for your question.Having partial improvement after 8 days of proton pump inhibitors would be considered normal.It may take a couple of weeks for the symptoms to improve completely.Feel free to ask any follow up questions.Do take a moment to honour my work and time by rating my answer hopefully 5 stars.

I still have this persistent burning feeling between belly button and rib cage. My doctor said after 2 weeks on ppi he would recommend me for endoscopy. Should I be worried ? He did physical examantion and said it wasn’t ulcer. Both grandparents died of stomach cancer

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